Authors
Antony Di Nardo
Antony Di Nardo is the author of six books of poetry. In addition to being a finalist for the CBC Poetry Prize, his work has won the Gwendolyn MacEwen Poetry Award for best suite of poems and was nominated for a National Magazine Award.
Brian Way
Brian T. W. Way is a Canadian author, raised in Prince Edward County, learned how to fish for trout and hunt for whales in university, then taught at various secondary schools and in higher education (Departments of English and Education, Western).
Bruce Kauffman
Bruce Kauffman lives in Kingston and is a local poet, editor, and organizer of literary events. His written work has appeared in several anthologies and journals, two chapbooks, and four collections of poetry, with still arriving his fifth. Beyond writing and editing, he facilitates intuitive writing workshops. In 2009 he founded, and still organizes and hosts the monthly ‘and the journey continues’ open mic reading series. In 2010 he debuted his weekly spoken word radio show, ‘finding a voice’, on CFRC 101.9fm, and continues to produce and host it. You can find him on Facebook. Email: bruce . kauffman @ hotmail . com
David Blaikie
David Blaikie is a journalist and writer who grew up in Nova Scotia. He has published three volumes of poetry.
Dinh Le Doan was born in South Vietnam; he now lives in Beaconsfield, Québec. He has a PhD in engineering from the University of New South Wales and has worked, since 1978, as an engineer in the Canadian space industry. During his retirement he devotes his time to writing poetry in English, his second language.
Don Gutteridge
Don Gutteridge is the author of more than seventy books: poetry, fiction and scholarly works in pedagogical theory and practice. Don lives in London, Ontario.
Donna Langevin
Poet/playwright Donna Langevin is a retired ESL teacher and the mother of three sons. Appearing in journals in Canada, Israel, Australia, India and the USA, she won second prize in the 2014 GritLIT contest, first prize in the Banister Anthology Competition 2019, and first place in the Ontario Poetry Society Pandemic Poem contest, 2020.
Han Muller
Born and raised in Berlin, Germany, 1960, Hans David Müller moved to a small town in Northern Ontario in 1982. With his unwavering supportive wife Christina, they raised three children; two boys and a girl, raised two goats, a dog, two cats and a pet pig they eventually ate because it got too big.
Jennifer Wenn
Jennifer Wenn is a trans-identified writer and speaker from London, Ontario. Her first poetry chapbook, A Song of Milestones, was published by Harmonia Press. Her first full-size collection, Hear Through the Silence, was published by Cyberwit. She has also written From Adversity to Accomplishment (a family and social history), published poetry in numerous journals and anthologies and is the proud parent of two adult children.
John B. Lee
Award winning John B. Lee, Poet Laureate of Brantford, Norfolk County and CCLA. Called “the greatest living poet in English,” by poet George Whipple. He lives with wife Cathy in a lake house overlooking Long Point Bay, in Port Dover, Ontario where he works as a full-time author.
John Tyndall
John Tyndall lives in London, Ontario with an Angora tuxedo cat named Buddy. His previous books include Listen to People (Hidden Brook, 2020) and The Fee for Exaltation (Black Moss, 2007).
Kimberley Grove
With the passing of Canadian writer, Kimberley Elizabeth Sherman Grove, we stand to honour her life and achievements. The list of family and friends that will miss her is far too long to list here. Suffice it to say that she was a beloved wife, sister, aunt, grandmother and friend to so many.
KV Skene
K.V. Skene was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, grew up in Lachine Que., subsequently lived in various parts of Ontario and BC until moving ‘temporarily’ to England where, except for a year in Ireland, she remained for eighteen years.
Miguel Olivé
Miguel Ángel Olivé Iglesias is Editor-in-chief of the Canada Cuba Literary Alliance (CCLA) magazine, The Ambassador, also Assistant Editor of, The Envoy newsletter, and CCLA President in Cuba. He is the publisher of SandCrab books and the Bridges Series of books. Born in 1965 in Bayamo, Cuba, he travelled to Holguín City in 1977 for his Junior, Senior High and College studies.
Mike Madill
Mike Madill holds a B.A. in Psychology from York University. His poems have been published across Canada, including in a variety of periodicals. He was shortlisted for Freefall’s 2019-20 Poetry Contest
Richard-Yves Sitoski
Richard-Yves Sitoski (he/him) is a performance poet and the 2019-2023 Poet Laureate of Owen Sound, on the territory of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation. His work has appeared in Prairie Fire, Train, The Fiddlehead, and elsewhere.
Richard M. Grove
Richard M. Grove, known to friends as Tai – The man of 8 Ps - Poet, Publisher, Photographer, Painter, President, Public Speaker, Potter and Person. He is the founding president of the CCLA. He is an author, editor, publisher, photographer.
Roger Nash
Roger Nash is a past-President of the League of Canadian Poets, and inaugural Poet Laureate of Sudbury. As President of the League, he worked with Senator Grafstein to create the Parliamentary Canadian Poet Laureate position in Ottawa. He’s published twenty-two books of poetry, short fiction and philosophy.
Theodore Christou
Theodore Michael Christou is a Canadian author. He lives in Kingston, Ontario, with his wife Glenda and their wonderful dog, Bernie. Professor of Education at Queen’s University.
Wendy Jean MacLean
Wendy Jean MacLean’s everyday life is rimed with numinous light. Her award-winning poetry explores the untold stories of ordinary objects like buttons and stones, and our deepest humanity.